PM is armed with Pakistani terror proof

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who will meet Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on August 30 on the sidelines of NAM summit, is armed with an intelligence report warning stepped-up suicide attacks in India by terrorist outfit the Lashkar-e- Tayyeba (LeT). Manmohan landed in Tehran late on Tuesday night.

The report, including inputs by Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), cautions a plot by LeT and Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) to destabilise the country.

The report accessed by Mail Today provides an account of a recent meeting between senior officials of the ISI and Lashkar commanders - Allah Noor and Khan Haji - at the behest of 26/11 (Mumbai terror attack) mastermind Hafiz Saeed.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shakes hands with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari during a meeting in New Delhi in April this year

The report, according to the intelligence sources, has been corroborated by a Western intelligence agency and both Noor and Haji are believed to be associated with Khan Abdul Jabbar, a Saudi national who spent a decade in Afghanistan funding the Taliban and activities of militant groups such as the LeT in Pakistan.

The report, based on satellite surveillance and technical intelligence, states that Noor is an Afghan national from Khyber agency of Federally Administered Tribal Area, while Haji is based in Peshawar in Pakistan.

Both these commanders have been instrumental in supervising the training of militants in various camps in Pakistan before they are pushed to Afghanistan and Kashmir for 'jihad', the report says.

During the meeting, the militants also told their handlers that the Indian security forces have had recent successes in their operations against militant groups and the situation is not favourable for them.

Suspected terrorists training at an unidentified camp in Pakistan

'It was therefore decided to step up insurgency and confront the Indian security forces,' the report states.

The two parties also agreed to rope in Valleybased religious scholars and 'utilise' them to establish an emotional connect with the Kashmiris and goad them to embrace extremism.

Both Allah Noor and Khan Haji have been tasked to 'recruit young militants and train them for suicide attacks'. Pakistani officials have continued to deny the involvement of any state actors in terror attacks on India.

Hafiz Saeed, pictured centre, the head of Jamaat-ud-Dawa organisation and founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba

Pakistan's foreign secretary Jaleel Abbas Jilani, during his recent visit to India, was confronted with the disclosures made by Abu Jundal on the involvement of some ISI officials in the 26/11 attack.

He flatly denied the revelations. This report will also be flagged when the Indian Premier meets Hamid Karzai as it includes information on strikes in Afghanistan too.

According to sources, India has been collaborating with the Afghan intelligence agency for quite some time.